فلو شهد مقاماتي وأنديتي

فلو شهد مقاماتي وأنديتي

يَومَ الخصام وماءُ الموت يَطَّردُ

يَومَ الخصام وماءُ الموت يَطَّردُ

Had he witnessed my stands and my assemblies,

If my stances and gatherings were to testify,

On the day of contention, while the water of death flowed on,

On the day of dispute when the waters of death surge,

في فتيةٍ لم يلاق الناسُ مذ وُجِدوا

في فتيةٍ لم يلاق الناسُ مذ وُجِدوا

لهم شبيهاً ولا يُلفَون إن فقدوا

لهم شبيهاً ولا يُلفَون إن فقدوا

Among young men—people, ever since they came into being, have never met

Among youths whom people have not met the like of,

Their like, nor can they be found if lost.

Since they came to be, nor will they find if they are lost,

مجاورو الفضل أفلاكُ العُلا سُبُل الت

مجاورو الفضل أفلاكُ العُلا سُبُل الت

تَقوى محلَّ الهدى عُمد النهى الوُطُد

تَقوى محلَّ الهدى عُمد النهى الوُطُد

Neighbors of excellence, spheres of eminence, paths of

Neighbours of virtue, orbits of sublimity, paths of piety,

Piety, the abode of guidance, the firmly rooted pillars of reason.

Place of guidance, pillar of prohibition, sturdy pillar,

كأنهم في صدور الناسِ أفئِدةٌ

كأنهم في صدور الناسِ أفئِدةٌ

تحس ما أخطئوا فيها وما عَمَدوا

تحس ما أخطئوا فيها وما عَمَدوا

As though they were hearts within people's breasts,

As if they are in people's breasts hearts,

Sensing what people do there by mistake and what they do deliberately.

That feel what they erred in and what they intended,

يبدون للناس ما تُخفي ضمائرهم

يبدون للناس ما تُخفي ضمائرهم

كأنَّهم وَجَدوا منها الذي وَجَدوا

كأنَّهم وَجَدوا منها الذي وَجَدوا

They reveal to people what their inner selves conceal,

They show people what their consciences conceal,

As though they had felt within them what those people felt.

As if they found therein what they found,

دَلّوا على باطنِ الدنيا بظاهِرها

دَلّوا على باطنِ الدنيا بظاهِرها

وعِلم ما غابَ عنهم بالذي شَهدوا

وعِلم ما غابَ عنهم بالذي شَهدوا

They pointed to the world's inward nature through its outward face,

They pointed to the inner world with its outer,

And to knowledge of what was hidden from them through what they witnessed.

And knew the absent through the witnessed,

مطالع الحقِّ ما مِن شُبهةٍ غَسِقَت

مطالع الحقِّ ما مِن شُبهةٍ غَسِقَت

إلّا ومِنهُم لديها كوكبٌ يَقدُ

إلّا ومِنهُم لديها كوكبٌ يَقدُ

Rising places of truth—no doubt ever grew dark

Rising places of truth, no darkness befell,

Without a star from among them blazing beside it.

Except that among them for it is a guiding star.